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Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, Volume IV (Vol 4)

Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, Volume IV (Vol 4)

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Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, Volume IV (Vol 4)

by Andrews, Dr. George P. (editor)

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Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, 1869. This is the 1869 hardcover first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. SEE PHOTOS. Complete in 12 monthly issues. Good EX-LIBRARY but with no external library markings. Bound in contemporary tan-color full leather (calf) binding with black leather labels on the spine. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny. Hinges are cracked -- holding on only by the threads. Internally condition is Very Good+ with NO foxing. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Among this volume's subjects are: Resection of the Long Bones (Civil War Minie ball fracture of humerus), Medical Society and Colored Doctors, Monstrous Birth [two headed child], Transfusion of Blood, Opium, Cerebral Paresis, Digestibilities of Food, Acute Laryngitis, Bright's Disease, Lead Poisoning, Lachrymal Obstructions, Pulmonary Consumption, Use of the Calabar Bean in Tetanus, Spermatorrhoea and Impotence, Illustrations of Quackery, Disease from Sewers, Physiological Relations of Tobacco, Therapeutical Action of Malt Liquors, Gonorrhoeal Epididymitis, Two Cases of Ovariotomy, Filling Over Exposed Pulps, Addison's Disease, etc. Index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good - VG+ EX-LIBRARY. 8vo. 589pp.

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Title
Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, Volume IV (Vol 4)
Author
Andrews, Dr. George P. (editor)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good - VG+ EX-LIBRARY
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy
Place of Publication
Detroit, Michigan
Date Published
1869
Bookseller catalogs
Civil War; Medicine / Medical History / Health;
Size
8vo. 589pp

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